diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/VbmImport.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/VbmImport.cs
index 75e273c319..c80cae49a3 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/VbmImport.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/import/VbmImport.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.movie.import
 		{
 			using var fs = SourceFile.Open(FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
 			using var r = new BinaryReader(fs);
+			bool is_GBC = false;
 
 			// 000 4-byte signature: 56 42 4D 1A "VBM\x1A"
 			string signature = new string(r.ReadChars(4));
@@ -117,13 +118,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.movie.import
 				Result.Movie.HeaderEntries[HeaderKeys.Core] = mGBAName;
 			}
 
-			// deprecated
-			/*
 			if (isGBC)
 			{
-				platform = "GBC";
+				is_GBC = true;
+				platform = "GB";
+				Result.Movie.HeaderEntries.Add("IsCGBMode", "1");
 			}
-			*/
 
 			if (isSGB)
 			{
@@ -282,11 +282,17 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.movie.import
 			{
 				if (Global.Config.GbUseGbHawk || Global.Config.UseSubGBHawk)
 				{
-					Result.Movie.SyncSettingsJson = ConfigService.SaveWithType(new GBHawk.GBSyncSettings());
+					var temp_sync = new GBHawk.GBSyncSettings();
+					if (is_GBC) { temp_sync.ConsoleMode = GBHawk.GBSyncSettings.ConsoleModeType.GBC; }
+					else { temp_sync.ConsoleMode = GBHawk.GBSyncSettings.ConsoleModeType.GB; }
+					Result.Movie.SyncSettingsJson = ConfigService.SaveWithType(temp_sync);
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					Result.Movie.SyncSettingsJson = ConfigService.SaveWithType(new Gameboy.GambatteSyncSettings());
+					var temp_sync = new Gameboy.GambatteSyncSettings();
+					if (is_GBC) { temp_sync.ConsoleMode = Gameboy.GambatteSyncSettings.ConsoleModeType.GBC; }
+					else { temp_sync.ConsoleMode = Gameboy.GambatteSyncSettings.ConsoleModeType.GB; }
+					Result.Movie.SyncSettingsJson = ConfigService.SaveWithType(temp_sync);
 				}							
 			}			
 		}